Jan 19 2010
How can african american women grow long thick healthy hair?
I used to have long hair down the middle of my back that was too thick 
My mother was taking care of my hair then because a was around 10 years old. She did perm my hair and it was still healthy. When I was 11 I bleached my hair to turn it reddish brown. My hair became very frizzy and Fragile. It did not help that I started wearing weaves, wigs, and tight braids. Over the years My hair became like paper thin. When I perm my own hair I always get sores and hair loss. Please help
Q. How can I have longer thick healthy hair??
A. Well, having longer hair really consists of two things. The first is maximizing/promoting growth and the second is retaining length. Here are the absolute basics to growing longer stronger hair.
To maximize or promote growth, I would suggest:
1) Eat a protein rich diet and lots of fruits and veggies to ensure you are growing strong healthy hair.
2) Keep your body healthy and hydrated by drinking at least 64 oz of water a day and exercising at least 3-5 times a week.
3) Massage the scalp at night with a drop or two of essential oils to help stimulate the hair follicles. Make sure to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep each night.
4) Take a Hair, Skin and Nails vitamin to help supplement your diet. These vitamins are available at your local drugstore or health food store.
To retain length, I would suggest:
1) Wash and deep condition at least once a week to remove the accumulation of sebum from the scalp and hair.
2) Reduce direct heat (such as blow drying, flat ironing and hot curling). Instead, dry the hair using a low to no heat styling method (such as air drying in buns, braids or twists, roller-setting or flexi-rodding) to help reduce stress to the hair.
3) Make sure to moisturize nightly with a water based moisturizer like ORS Olive oil to help keep the ends lubricated. Trim as needed.
4) Keep the hair and ends protected during the day with loose styles like buns, twists, french rolls and twists.
The basic idea is to make sure that your body is healthy so that you are growing strong hair. After that, its just a matter of keeping it! This is why we want to reduce heat, keep the hair hydrated and protect the ends. This will help reduce unnecessary breakage and split ends, which can allow you to trim less often and retain length.
also a good forum to visit and join:
http://blackwomentalk.forumotion.net/
on 19 Jan 2010 at 7:22 am
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on 19 Jan 2010 at 7:37 am
dont cut it
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on 19 Jan 2010 at 8:13 am
they have their natural hair shampoo
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on 19 Jan 2010 at 8:50 am
The way you grow good healthy hair is you wash it every day and do not put grease or any chemical in your hair
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on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:28 am
so try this…regular trims are a must, about every 7-9 weeks.(if your hair is really healthy then up the trims to about every 12 weeks, a trim is just a snip off the ends) if its been awhile since you have had a trim then inches may be called for to get to healthy hair. i use vitamin e on fresh washed hair.(its a vitamin that can be purchased where you buy vitamins, cut open capsule, squeeze into hand, rub hands together and apply to hair) dont message into scalp. if you get too much then just rewash it. hair will feel slightly sticky until dry then it will be nice and soft. it tames the frizzies, deep conditions and makes hair grow about three in a month. it takes about a month for the growth part of the e to kick in. the other benefits are instant. dont brush your hair but maybe once a week to message the scalp, i use a wide tooth comb at other times. brushing breaks off hair. i just started biotin vitamins going on four months ago this sat and notice and big growth spurt from that. biotin is cheap and also promotes hair regrowth and growth. i also have the biotin shampoo that i got from a vitamin store online.(puritans pride.com or vitadigest.com) five bucks for a big bottle and a big bottle of E is about 8 bucks. the biotin is about 3 bucks. i now take my fingers and message my scalp about five times a week, along with the brushing thats a good way to do it without damaging your hair. apply two or three capsules of e to dry hair and message into scalp and hair really well, put damp towel in microwave for 1 min to get hot, then quickly wrap head, a dry towel can be placed over that to help hold in the heat, leave on for 15 min, shampoo well, makes an excellent hot oil treatment. good luck, AND some people will argue about regular trims, your hair does grow from the roots, yes, but if your hair is not trimmed at the bottom, the it splits, get dry and brittle not to mention thin looking from no trims at all and frizzy. then your hair starts to break off at the bottom and giving you the appearance that it never grows. so to make hair grow as fast as possible and keep it healthy, then trims are an essential part of hair care. look on a ruler and check out less then half an inch and if your salon does not know what that is then take a ruler with you, i have. as of five weeks ago adding beta carotene vitamins to my regimen. i found out that along with the biotin it is very very good in promoting hair growth. they were five bucks for a bottle of 100. got them at walmart. the biotin and e can also be purchased at walmart, and adding all this up is pretty cheap to get great hair. i just wish the shampoo was available in the stores, but not yet.
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virgina coconut oil is good for the scalp to help the sores. dry scalp, i also use as lotion, good for dandruff and dry scalp, which are not the same thing
on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:49 am
Go natural no chemicals. I cut my hair of all chemicals and it is now to the middle of my back. It took two years! It is huge (thickness) and it was thin from chemicals! I remember why I wanted a perm in the first place. The only way to comb it now is in the shower. Everyday I have to get it soaking wet then place it in a pony tail while in the water in the shower. If I can I run mouse through it to lock curls in place then I go. It is a lot of work. I may go dread!
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on 19 Jan 2010 at 10:10 am
Q. How can I have longer thick healthy hair??
A. Well, having longer hair really consists of two things. The first is maximizing/promoting growth and the second is retaining length. Here are the absolute basics to growing longer stronger hair.
To maximize or promote growth, I would suggest:
1) Eat a protein rich diet and lots of fruits and veggies to ensure you are growing strong healthy hair.
2) Keep your body healthy and hydrated by drinking at least 64 oz of water a day and exercising at least 3-5 times a week.
3) Massage the scalp at night with a drop or two of essential oils to help stimulate the hair follicles. Make sure to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep each night.
4) Take a Hair, Skin and Nails vitamin to help supplement your diet. These vitamins are available at your local drugstore or health food store.
To retain length, I would suggest:
1) Wash and deep condition at least once a week to remove the accumulation of sebum from the scalp and hair.
2) Reduce direct heat (such as blow drying, flat ironing and hot curling). Instead, dry the hair using a low to no heat styling method (such as air drying in buns, braids or twists, roller-setting or flexi-rodding) to help reduce stress to the hair.
3) Make sure to moisturize nightly with a water based moisturizer like ORS Olive oil to help keep the ends lubricated. Trim as needed.
4) Keep the hair and ends protected during the day with loose styles like buns, twists, french rolls and twists.
The basic idea is to make sure that your body is healthy so that you are growing strong hair. After that, its just a matter of keeping it! This is why we want to reduce heat, keep the hair hydrated and protect the ends. This will help reduce unnecessary breakage and split ends, which can allow you to trim less often and retain length.
also a good forum to visit and join:
http://blackwomentalk.forumotion.net/
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